Stories from Saturday, June 12, 2021

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame named Nevada High School senior swimmer Ben Hines, junior golfer Owen Swearingen, and junior tennis player Evan Rea as finalists for this year’s Sports Commission Awards. At a ceremony to take place between 6-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, the multiple-time MSHSAA Class 1 state champion Hines — who will swim for the University of Alabama starting in the fall — Swearingen — who placed second at the Class 3 state golf tournament this past spring — and Rea — who qualified for the Class 1 state tennis championship — will be in the running along with five other athletes in their respective sports for the awards, which honor the top high schoolers in southwest Missouri athletics...

BRONAUGH — Boys and girls basketball teams from five area high schools participated in the inaugural Wildcat Shootout Friday inside the gymnasium of host Bronaugh. Scrimmages between Bronaugh, Hume, Lockwood, Exeter, and Northeast (Arma) took place from 8 a.m. ...

Starting in 1964, Nevada Rotary has undertaken the Citizen of the Year award process. This recognizes the person (or persons) who best exhibits the “service above self” life. Many worthy residents of Vernon County were nominated and Rotary encourages their names be re-submitted in the future. ...